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"Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, 9th Edition" is a learning-centered text that includes several pedagogical enhancements to help the student quickly acquire and retain important information. It is written for those who will be involved with some phase of purchasing throughout their hospitality careers. This text covers product information as well as management of the purchasing function, and how this relates to a successful operation. It also acts as a comprehensive reference guide to the selection and procurement functions within the hospitality...

The last three decades have seen the evolution of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Relationship Contracting (RC) as alternative procurement approaches to traditional methods of delivering public infrastructure. The potential for growth in these new forms of procurement has led to an on-going debate on the nature of requirements, particularly in terms of policy development, encouraging private investment and value for money. A key argument for Governments to procure projects using PPPs and RC is that the process delivers better value for all the stakeholders, including the community...

Designed by practitioners for practitioners, Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Innovative Strategies and Practical Solutions provides a wide-spectrum resource on many different aspects involved in supply chain management, including contemporary applications. With contributions from leading experts from all over the world, the book includes innovative strategies and practical solutions that address problems encountered by enterprise in management of supply chain and logistics. It details general techniques and specific approaches to a broad range of important, inspiring, and...

Chinese manufacturing industries continue to impact the world economy. It is important to understand what is happening in China and the uniqueness of Chinese manufacturing industries. Manufacturing Productivity in China brings together a group of authors from academia and industry to give an industrial engineering micro viewpoint instead of an economical macro viewpoint to this subject. It includes first-hand case studies to better understand the competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing industries.

Although many researchers attribute China s manufacturing success to...

Error-proofing in the production process of pharmaceuticals isn t just a matter of good business, it has life-and-death implications for consumers. To that end, the 2013 Drug Quality and Security Act in large part requires new mandates on tracking and tracing chain of custody in the supply chain. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Drug Quality and Security Act overviews the new mandate and its implications, including implementation strategies for track-and-trace programs along with presenting a fuller understanding of the mechanics of intergovernmental policies and oversights.

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When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mind: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food. But not clothes. Although the clothing industry is the second largest polluter after agriculture, most consumers do not think of clothes as a source of environmental damage. The Dirty Side of the Garment Industry: Fast Fashion and its Negative Impact on Environment and Society exposes how clever marketing tactics designed to increase demand skillfully hide this reality.

An in-depth examination of the...

Mit dem 15M-Reifegradmanagement wird in diesem Essential ein praxiserprobtes Konzept zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung des strategischen Einkaufs vorgestellt. Alle relevanten Aufgabenfelder des Einkaufs werden im Modell strukturiert sowie auf ihre Reife hin analysiert und bewertet. Zu diesem Zweck wird ein mehrdimensionales Konzept zur Beurteilung der Reife im Einkauf und zur Ermittlung eines Reifegradscores entwickelt. Gerhard Hess zeigt, wie das Reifegradmanagement in das Einkaufsmanagement zu integrieren ist. Grundlegend ist dabei die Idee, dass ein exzellentes Einkaufsmanagement ausgedruckt...

Der achte Band Supply Management Research stellt wissenschaftliche Fortschritte in den Bereichen Einkauf, Materialwirtschaft, Supply Chain Management und Logistik vor. Er ist zugleich Tagungsband des an der Universitat Wurzburg durchgefuhrten 8. Wissenschaftlichen Symposiums Supply Management . Wissenschaftliche und anwendungsnahe Beitrage fordern die qualifizierte Auseinandersetzung im Themenbereich und bereichern den Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis.

Das vorliegende Buch stellt quer durch verschiedene Industrien praxisnahe Methoden und Ansatze fur den globalen Einkaufer vor. Im Fokus stehen dabei die Themenbereiche Global Sourcing, Risikomanagement sowie die Konigsdisziplin des Einkaufers: die Einkaufsverhandlung. Die Autoren beantworten alle wichtigen Fragen des globalen, strategischen Einkaufs, beispielsweise: Wie managt man branchengerecht heterogene Lieferantenstrukturen und wie begegnet man Partnern aus unterschiedlichsten Kulturen? Wie meistert man Beschaffungskrisen und minimiert diese proaktiv? Wie fuhrt man Mitarbeiter auch...

Supply chain management decisions are made under the conflicting criteria of maximizing profit and customer responsiveness while minimizing supply chain risk. Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Supply Chain Management provides a comprehensive overview of multi-criteria optimization models and methods that can be used in supply chain decision making.
Presenting the contributions of internationally known authors, researchers, educators, and practitioners, this new book in the Operations Research Series provides readers with a single source guide to recent developments...